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US9415442: Stable oxide encapsulated metal clusters and nanoparticles

The invention discloses stable, non-agglomerated, ultra-small metal/alloy clusters encapsulated in silica with a metal/alloy cluster size of less than 5 nm. The invention further discloses a simple, cost-effective process for the preparation of metal/alloy clusters encapsulated in silica which is thermally stable and without agglomeration.

Filing Date: 09-10-2013

Issue Date: 16-08-2016

Applicant: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune

Patent No: US9415442

Application No: 14/110804

Inventor(s): Nandini R Devi; Anupam Samanta

IPC Classification: B22F 1/02, B22F 9/24, B22F 1/00, B82Y 30/00 (20110101), C22C 5/02, C22C 5/04, C22C 5/06, B01J 23/42, B01J 23/44, B01J 23/52, C09K 11/02, G01N 33/58, B82Y 5/00

Country: United States of America

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